Cohoba

The Cohoba Ritual:

The Tainos had a magical-religious
ceremony in which they consulted with a cemi
or with the principal God, Yocaju (Yocaju bagua
maracote.) On the left is the idol or cemi of the
cohoba in the form of Yocaju as the God of Fire.
The Tainos put cohoba powder, a potent
hallucinogen which was sniffed from the flat
surface. in either its pure form or mixed
with tobacco or lime. At the right, a Medicine
Man inhaling cohoba.